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21. Ladies'' SiDeeting.—lsi.(i(i.\\im or large, roundish-ovate ; bright red ; crisp, 

 tender, juicy, sweet, delicious, agreeably perfumed. Will keep till May. 

 Downing considers it the finest winter sweet apple for the dessert yet known 

 in this country. New York. 



22. Danvers'* Winter Sweet. — AboA'e the medium, roundish, a little conical ; 

 light yellow, often with a handsome blush ; sweet, rich. Good to bake. Keeps 

 till April. Massachusetts. Succeeds in all the Northern and Middle States. 



23. Broad ivell.— 'Large, oblate, somewhat conic; greenish yellow, with a 

 blush ; tender, juicy, sweet, aromatic. NoA'ember to March. Ohio. New, 

 but excellent for the West and Southwest. 



24. Camak'^s Sioeet.—lsi&d.\w.m. to large, roundish, conical; whitish green, 

 mottled with green russet, with a fine blush or red cheek toward the sun ; firm, 

 juicy, scarcely sweet, aromatic, fine flavored. In use from November to May. 

 Southern. Origin, North Carolina. 



25. Dutchess Count]/ Sweeting. — Large, or very large; bright yellow, with 

 brown specks, and often with a bright blush on the sunny side ; juicy, rich, 

 tender, sugary. October to April. Dutchess County, New York. Seems to 

 be a new variety. Charles Downing pronounces it one of the best of sweet 

 apples.* • 



We must leave the reader to select from the foregoing forty- 

 five varieties, and such others as he may add to them, the five 

 or six or more sorts that he may require for a garden, hoping 

 that he will find the task a less difficult one than we have 

 found ours. 



Of crab apples, the Siberian Eed and the Siberian Yellow 

 are the proper kinds for a garden. They are used for preserv- 

 ing. The Eed makes a very ornamental tree. 



Apple-trees should be planted thirty feet apart each way. 

 As special manure, lime and ashes are indicated. About half 

 a peck of each, applied annually to each tree, will be useful. 



In common management, apple-trees in general bear only 

 alternate years, which are called their bearing years ; but by 

 thinning out half the blossoms on the bearing year, you may 

 easily have about an equal quantity of fruit every season. The 

 bearing year may be entirely changed, by taking oif all the 

 blossoms or young fruit on that year, and allowing them to 

 remain on the year which we wish to make the bearing one. 



To preserve winter apples, gather them carefully by hand on 



* Correspondent of Country Gentleman. 



